Maria Irene

Maria Irene is a journalist and author covering the Internet Computer Protocol, Bitcoin, DeFi, and the broader decentralised web. She is the founder and editor of LedgerLife.io, an independent, reader-funded publication dedicated to clear-eyed reporting on the ICP ecosystem and Web3 technology. She is the author of two books: Money Without Masters: The Story of Crypto (Amazon) and The World Computer: Decentralised Computing and the Rise of the Internet Computer Protocol (Amazon). Her work focuses on making complex blockchain technology accessible without losing precision or depth.
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Swiss healthcare data emerges as potential use case for ICP cloud infrastructure

Swiss healthcare providers are being identified as a potential use case for decentralised cloud infrastructure, as hospitals face strict requirements around the handling of...

ICPay Launches Discounted On-Chain Storage With ICBucket

ICPay has launched ICBucket, an on-chain storage service on the Internet Computer, with promotional pricing, a revised user interface and changes to its underlying...

UNDP Expands Sovereign AI Infrastructure Pilot to Five More Countries

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is expanding a pilot programme designed to help governments develop AI-powered applications without relying entirely on major US-based...

NEAR and ICP Join Forces in NearLaunch Website Deployment Experiment

A new NearLaunch experiment is showing how NEAR and the Internet Computer Protocol can be used together to simplify the process of deploying websites...
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A Tale of Sandcastles and Bricks: Shaping a New BRC-20 Landscape

Maria Irene As Satoshi Ob (@satoshi_ob) sent his eloquent stream of 280-character thoughts into the Twittersphere yesterday, one thing became clear: the world of Ordinary...
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Sats-osphere: Cyberspace’s New Gold Rush in the .sats Domain Market

Maria Irene "Digital Gold Rush" might be an understatement as the landscape of the online space faces a seismic shift in the advent of the...
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One in a Quadrillion! The First Ever Rare Sat Gets Its...

Maria Irene In a pioneering blockchain development, an exclusive identity has been bestowed on a Rare Sat, a notable first that holds significant importance in...
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.Sats Names: A Sovereign Leap in Cyberspace, One Bitcoin at a...

The Bitcoin community, not satisfied with merely revolutionizing monetary transactions, is setting its sights on a new horizon: name systems. The latest innovation making...
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From Picket Fences to Pocketbook Panic: The US Housing Market and...

In the dance of numbers that underpins the US economy, a new rhythm is causing unease among potential homebuyers: mortgage rates are waltzing their...
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OpenAI’s Symphony in A-I Major: An Encore with Altman

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman lit up the stage in a fireside chat hosted by Elevate, a Canadian non-profit building and uniting global innovators. As...